Program Requirements

Credit Requirements

A minimum of 26 credits are required to obtain the LL.M. degree in Taxation: 14 credits of required courses and at least 12 credits of electives. Students may take a maximum of one, two-credit Independent Study and have it count toward their LL.M. degree in Taxation elective requirements. If a student is accepted into the four-credit Independent Study/IRS Internship, then all four credits will count toward the LL.M. degree.

GPA Requirements

Candidates for an LL.M. in Taxation must successfully complete all required courses and sufficient electives for a minimum of 26 credit hours with a 2.50 GPA or better. A student who has not earned at least the minimum required grade point average of 2.5 upon completion of 26 credit hours will not be awarded the LL.M. in Tax. A student is not permitted to take extra courses to earn the required minimum grade point average of 2.5.

The Program's director, Patricia Brown, is an internationally-recognized expert in the field of international taxation, with specialties in tax treaty policy and the international taxation of financial products and institutions. Read More

STRAIGHT FROM A STUDENT

"I attended the Tax LLM program after practicing corporate law for several years. The knowledge I obtained allowed me to take my mergers and acquisitions practice to the next level."